First time Eurobest. I’ve attended big brother Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity 7 times now. As a visitor, Young Lions Competitor, Board Member of Dutch Young Creatives and last year as a Speaker. It’s massive and there’s so much to do that you need…
On my first day in Africa, lions surrounded me. Beautiful bronze, gold and even silver coloured lions. They were eyeballing me the whole time. But they didn’t move an inch… The reason? I just started working at Ogilvy & Mather…
A new chapter in the story is about to unfold. In less than two weeks I will enter my 6th continent as ‘The Backpacker Intern’. And what a way to start. My first internship in Africa just got confirmed; Ogilvy…
After working in Asia, Europe and North America for well-known agencies like DDB, Leo Burnett, Saatchi & Saatchi, McCann and TBWA\Chiat\Day it was now time to add another big name AND continent to the list; J. Walter Thompson Argentina in…
“Happy Monday!”. “Happy Tuesday!”. ‘Happy Wednesday!”. “Happy Thursday!”. “Happy Friday!”. That’s how every morning at TBWA\Chiat\Day started. Mister ‘Happy’ is a security guy, sitting at the entrance, his never-ending smile has so much energy that you don’t even need caffeine…
Next Tuesday I’m going to help out the crazy ones. The rebels. The troublemakers. The ones who see things differently. For 7 days I will be a pirate at one of the largest and most creative agencies in the world:…
Just a few days ago I was on stage at TEDxTeen New York City… It’s still so unreal. I don’t know where to start. Well, maybe from the start. When I arrived in the Big Apple I was freezing my…